The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-07-28
Prohibition and the Bible.

To THE CITIZEN.
Heb. 2-15.-Woe to him that giveth
his neighbor drink, that putteth the
bottle to his mouth and maketh him
drunken also.
1t is not to be given or otherwise
furnished-uot to put his bottle to
his neighbours mouth.
Prov. 23-3l.--Look not thou upon the
wine when it is red, when it giveth its
color in the emp, when it moveth itself
Alright.
How can q man make it, sell it or
drink it when he is not even to look
upon it. Ard in the verse follow
ing-32:
At the last it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like ali adder.
The bite of the serpent and ad-
der is poisonous, SO the effect OF
wine and mixed or alcohol being
like that of the serpent or adder,
poisons the human system, and so
the most learned among the doctors
of the medical schools have decid-
ed that alcohol paralyzes instead OF
stimulates as it was once thought
to do. 1t is proven by the tact that
the drunken man is partially and
sometimes totally paralyzed Tor the
time being. He acts like man af-
dicted with palsy or paralysis when
drunk.
,lr
hath sorrow, who hath Intentions, who
hath babbliDg, who hath wounds with
cause, who hath redness Ofeyes? They
chat tarry long at wine, they that 60 tC
seek mixed wine.
lisa. 2S-7, S-But they have erred
through wine and through strong
drink are out of the way the priest
and the people have erred through
strong drink, they are swallowed up OF
wine, they are out of the way through
strong drink, they err in vision, they
stumble in Judgment.
Prov. 3l-4, 5.--It is not for kings, G
Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink
wine, nor for princes strong drink les
they drink and forget the law and per.
vert the Judgment OF any OF the atflic-
ted.
Thus God declares that strong
drink causes crime, babbling, con.
tentions, wounds without cause
woes, blinds the ministry and cor
rupts rulers and perverts the judg-
ment of the oppressed.
Leviticus los, 11--And the Lore
| spake unto Aaron sayin do not drini
| wine nor strong driL .hou, nor Thy
sons with thee, when ye 20 into tn
ia bernacle of the congregation lest y,
| die, it shall be a statute foreve
throughout your generation that We pu
| difference between holy and an unholy
| between clean and unciean. And tina
We may teach Israel all the statute
which the Lord hath spoken unto then
by the hand of Moses.
Paul in writing to Timothy ant
Titus in describing the character o
a minister says in l Tim. 3-3, anC
also Titus 1-7,"Not gwen to wine.
Thus: God prohibits use of wine t,
the priests of the old testament ant
ministers of the new. Well, say:
one, did not Pau! tell Timothy t,
drink little wine for his stomach
sake? EAnd SO he did for his stom
ach's sake, and his often infirmities
And so doctors use arsenic "for th,
stomach's sake and often infirmi
ties. He did not recommend it t,
Titus for his stomach's cake for th,
simple reason he did not need it
But forbade his being given to wine
Titus IT.
Prov. 23-2l.-For the drunkard ant
glutton shall come to poverty.
Prov. 2l.--He that loVeth WINE an,
oil shall not be rich.
| Here it teaches that drinkin
makes men poor. [ append the fol
lowing preferences: jeremiah 35iI
chapter; Eph. 5-1S; Isa 28-1 to 7
lisa 5-II..and % verses; l Cor. Clio
Nahum Ito; Prov. col; Rom. Ia
III. Now in conclusion | ask can
true gospel minister remain silen
in the face of such;scripture? Nigh
he not as well remain silent O
murder, stealing, perjury and til
like, as fer as the bible teaching
concerned? But prohibition Is i
politics. So is stealing, murder an
perjury and the like in politics s
well. CIvIs.